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contest success function: a standalone construct

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Sport economics

a function giving each contestant's probability of winning as a function of the efforts or resources all contestants invest.

In sport economics, contest success function refers to a function giving each contestant's probability of winning as a function of the efforts or resources all contestants invest. This meaning comes from Skaperdas (1996) in Economic Theory.[1]

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Recovery means
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References

Skaperdas, S. (1996). Contest success functions. Economic Theory, 7(2), 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01213906

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